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            <MadCap:keyword term="UNIX FTP sites;hidden files;filter;mask" />Masking the display of files 
 and folders</h1>
        <p>If your PC or an FTP site contains a large number of folders and files, 
 you can limit the items displayed by using the <span style="font-weight: bold;">File 
 Mask</span> text box (in the command bar). Note: The <span style="font-weight: bold;">File 
 Mask</span> is not enabled on the command bar by default. .&#160;</p>
        <p>You can mask the display in two ways: set it for a particular site, 
 or set it "on the fly."</p>
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            <MadCap:keyword term="file mask" />Setting the file mask for future connections 
 to a particular site:</p>
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                <p class="Topic-Text-Numbered">Click 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Connect</span> to open the Site Manager.</p>
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            <li class="p-Topic-Text-Numbered">
                <p class="Topic-Text-Numbered">Select 
 the site in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sites</span> list, then 
 click <span style="font-weight: bold;">Edit</span><span>.</span></p>
            </li>
            <li class="p-Topic-Text-Numbered">
                <p class="Topic-Text-Numbered">Select 
 the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Startup</span> page.</p>
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                <p class="Topic-Text-Numbered">To limit 
 the displayed files, enter characters and an asterisk in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Local 
 file mask</span> and/or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Remote file mask</span> 
 text box. Examples: To display only text files, enter<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"> *.txt</span>. To display only files whose names begin 
 with the letter A, enter a*. <span style="color: #000000;">If 
 you are connected to a UNIX FTP site, you can use:</span></p>
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        <p class="Normal-Indent" style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">-al</span> or <span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">-la</span> to view hidden (.) files</p>
        <p class="Normal-Indent" style="margin-left: 40px;">&#160;</p>
        <p class="Tip-Note-Heading">Setting the file mask "on the fly" 
 for just the current connection:</p>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">You can use a file mask while navigating a 
 particular site. There is a <span style="font-weight: bold;">File Mask</span> 
 box in the command bar: one for the local system (your PC) and one for 
 the remote site (FTP site). In the appropriate <span style="font-weight: bold;">File 
 Mask</span> text box, enter a file mask and then press <span style="font-weight: bold;">Enter</span>. 
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